and "terrorist infrastructure". as the weather worsens across the region, the situation on the ground for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled south in gaza in recent days and weeks will become much tougher. we can check on the humanitarian situation on the ground. live now to ramallah where we're joined byjohn entwistle, spokesperson from the international federation of the red cross. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. heavy rain with us. i assume the same way you are and in up give usa the same way you are and in up give us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning.— us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning. thank you for the time. ground this morning. thank you for the time- as _ ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you _ ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you rightly _ ground this morning. thank you fori the time. as you rightly report, the situation _ the time. as you rightly report, the situation is — the time. as you rightly report, the situation is desperate. there was a heavy— situation is desperate. there was a heavy weather front in ramela in the last 48— heavy weather front in ramela in the last 48 hours and this isjust simply— last 48 hours and this isjust simply continued down into gaza making — simply continued down into gaza making an — simply continued down into gaza making an unbearable situation even, hard to— making an unbearable situation even, hard to believe, even more unbearable. people out of their homes, — unbearable. people out of their homes, they are damaged, seeking shelter— homes, they are damaged, seeking shelter wherever they can. and then with the _ shelter wherever they can. and then with the onset of the cold season it'sjust _ with the onset of the cold season it'sjust going to become critical that they— it'sjust going to become critical that they receive the humanitarian aid that— that they receive the humanitarian aid that they can. and importantly the fuel_ aid that they can. and importantly the fuel that can generate electricity, generate some warmth and run _ electricity, generate some warmth and run ali— electricity, generate some warmth and run all those essential services _ and run all those essential services— and run all those essential services. ~ . , . services. what is the immediate -riori services. what is the immediate priority new. — services. what is the immediate priority now, john, _ services. what is the immediate priority now, john, away - services. what is the immediate priority now, john, away from i services. what is the immediate l priority now, john, away from the fuel, in terms of food and water shortages and the immediate risk of starvation? . ~ shortages and the immediate risk of starvation? ., ,, , ., ., , , starvation? thank you, i was 'ust in the operations i starvation? thank you, i was 'ust in the operations room �* starvation? thank you, i was 'ust in the operations room here _ starvation? thank you, i was 'ust in the operations room here at h starvation? thank you, i wasjust in the operations room here at the - the operations room here at the palestine — the operations room here at the palestine red crescent society, and overseas _ palestine red crescent society, and overseas it— palestine red crescent society, and overseas it helps to coordinate and manage _ overseas it helps to coordinate and manage operations both in the west bank and _ manage operations both in the west bank and gaza. you're absolutely right, _ bank and gaza. you're absolutely right, food — bank and gaza. you're absolutely right, food and water, the basic necessities for life, are insufficient. they need to get through _ insufficient. they need to get through. the prc's hospital has been without— through. the prc's hospital has been without water for eight days. a hospital— without water for eight days. a hospital simply cannot function under— hospital simply cannot function under these conditions. the israelis have been encouraging _ under these conditions. the israelis have been encouraging people - under these conditions. the israelis have been encouraging people to i have been encouraging people to continue to move south, but now they have designated one specific area, a 14 square kilometre area, is a safe zone. we are talking about 14 square kilometres and 1.5 million people displaced. is this a realistic call by israel? displaced. is this a realistic call b israel? . , displaced. is this a realistic call by israel?_ displaced. is this a realistic call b israel? ., , , , by israel? the reality is there is no safe space — by israel? the reality is there is no safe space in _ by israel? the reality is there is no safe space in gaza. - by israel? the reality is there is no safe space in gaza. as - by israel? the reality is there is no safe space in gaza. as you . by israel? the reality is there is - no safe space in gaza. as you know, the fighting — no safe space in gaza. as you know, the fighting is intense, daily bombardments. so to relocate, as you say, 1.5— bombardments. so to relocate, as you say, 1.5 million people, into a very say,1.5 million people, into a very densely— say, 1.5 million people, into a very densely populated area, is nigh on impossible. like i say, no safe space, — impossible. like i say, no safe space, civilians must be protected, doctors _ space, civilians must be protected, doctors and — space, civilians must be protected, doctors and nurses must be protected and allowed to get on with their 'ob. , ., and allowed to get on with their 'ob. �* ., and allowed to get on with their 'ob. ., job. john, can i ask you about re orts job. john, can i ask you about reports in _ job. john, can i ask you about reports in recent _ job. john, can i ask you about reports in recent days - job. john, can i ask you about reports in recent days that. job. john, can i ask you about| reports in recent days that the job. john, can i ask you about - reports in recent days that the red cross have been used as an intermediary, about the hostages, possibly even suggestions that the red cross could and should visit some of those hostages? are you aware of anything which you can tell us about the red cross involvement in the hostage negotiation, or indeedin in the hostage negotiation, or indeed in contact with the hostages? i don't have information on that. the international federation of the red cross — the international federation of the red cross is not involved in any negotiations regarding the hostages. hostages— negotiations regarding the hostages. hostages should be released unconditionally.— hostages should be released unconditionally. hostages should be released unconditionall ., ., , ., unconditionally. john entwistle from the international _ unconditionally. john entwistle from the international federation - unconditionally. john entwistle from the international federation of - unconditionally. john entwistle from the international federation of the l the international federation of the red cross, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts this morning. international pressure is mounting on israel to curb israeli settler violence against palestinians in the occupied west bank. rights groups say it's risen to unprecedented levels since the 7th of october atrocities by hamas. there are also widespread curfews and lockdowns being imposed on palestinians in the territory, which campaigners call collective punishment. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. israeli settlers, some in military uniforms, fire towards palestinian civilians. hafez huraini was beaten outside his own home, as lawlessness stalks the west bank. now hafez says the danger has come closer. he tells me how the settlers raised flags on his land the day after october the 7th. and israeli soldiers, he says, have also set up camp in his field to protect the settlers. what would happen if you carried on onto your own land here? often they are under the olive tree. i mean, the soldiers. theyjust pointed the gun and, you know, scream, "go back, go back!" so if you just wait for a moment, he shoots. and that's you just trying to walk onto your own land? yeah, yeah, we can't. ican't, like, move, but... you could be shot? yes. a new generation in al tuwani grows up to a painfully old story. it's been a target of settler violence for years but now it's at an unprecedented scale. they rule, they rule, you know? there's no law. to be honest, no law. they took the law in their hand, they do whatever they want. and they took the advantage of the war to just implement whatever they can, because, you know, like, state of war, so they can kill anyone easily. israeli activists helping the village say the army supports the settlers in the area. they show us how roads have been blocked for some palestinians. the military didn't respond to our questions about the attacks in al tuwani. israel's prime minister has said anyone taking the law into their own hands will be held to account. we arrive in the city of hebron where extensive curfews have been in place. jewish settlers live in the heart of the city and the army has enforced strict lockdowns on many palestinians. the abu marquiet children haven't been to school for six weeks. a family on the front line in a city of closures, who i saw last year amid rising settler violence. now they fear a backlash after the massacres by hamas. translation: from october 7th until now we've had no life. - there has been a continuous curfew. it is a bad situation. we are living in a prison. a soldier forces a resident back into his home. "i'm telling you one last time, get inside," he says. the israeli army says the closures are due to increased security concerns amid deadly palestinian gun attacks on israelis in the west bank. but many more palestinians have been killed. hafez takes me to the spot where his friend was shot and critically wounded by an armed settler. the current war revives an old goal by the extremists, he says, to drive them off the land. tom bateman, bbc news, al tuwani in the occupied west bank. the constant fear of the conflict spilling over into an already combustible region. israeli air strikes around the indonesian hospital in the north of gaza. destruction around gaza remains intense. the palestinian health authorities in gaza says 13,000 people have now been killed since the conflict re—erupted on the 7th of october. we have had a report from the un in gaza are that says there is now only enough fuel to run sewage pumps at half capacity. that gives you a sense of the real fear of disease spreading, with sewage out of control as the torrential rains set in. and a slight hope this morning regarding those hostages, 240 or so hostages remaining in hamas captivity with both qataris and israelis and americans suggesting a deal to release some hostages for some palestinian prisoners in israel could be near. we will continue to monitor developers from across the region has not go to our live page on the bbc news website. back to you in london. studio: mark lowen, thank you. after a week of failed attempts, indian authorities are trying a new method of rescuing workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the himalayas. the 41 construction workers stuck in the tunnel in uttarakhand state since a landslide on the 12th of november — are being supplied with food, water and medicines through a pipe. rescuers had been drilling horizontally through the debris. but they now plan to drill down from the mountain top. zubair ahmed reports. for construction worker rajid kumar, this is home away from home. a resident of bihar state, he had been working in the ill—fated tunnel for the last two years. he worked as a loader, removing the debris after the rocks are drilled onto a truck to be driven away. translation: when our shift gets lover, we come back to the room, | wash our clothes and freshen up, then we eat our food. we talk to our families on the phone, we scroll on the phones for a bit and then we rest. privacy is an alien concept here. each room is a dormitory shared by eight workers. family members are not allowed to stay with them. the tunnel construction started in 2018, so some of the 400 workers based here have eaten, washed and slept together for years. it has been over a week since rescue efforts began outside the tunnel. colleagues are losing patience at the slow pace of the operation, worried for those trapped inside. translation: they have been trapped there for the last eight days. _ we have been telling them you will be out soon but they do not trust us any more. they are losing their courage. they are asking how long they can survive on dry food. families of some of the workers have travelled from across india, waiting for news and growing anxious for their safety. some of the men are also main breadwinners for theirfamilies and this work sustains their communities back home. vikram singh's brother is trapped in the tunnel but has managed to communicate with him through a pipe. translation: his voice was not very clear. - he sounded ok but also weak and nervous. as the days pass, he is getting more and more nervous. rescue teams and authorities are exploring all avenues, including drilling a vertical tunnel from the mountaintop to reach the workers trapped inside. with the multi—pronged work efforts being implemented, families still hold out hope that the men will be rescued soon. i developed in the past half an hour or so. popstar shakira has reached a deal with spanish authorities over unpaid tax. she was charged with failing to pay 14.5 million euros in income tax from 2012 to 2014. the prosecutor's office initially wanted up to eight years in prison — as well as paying the taxes she owed. but the courts say the jail term has been substituted with a fine. live now to our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe. tell us more about the deal that has been reached. taste tell us more about the deal that has been reached-— been reached. we are still hearing details of it- _ been reached. we are still hearing details of it. what's _ been reached. we are still hearing details of it. what's being - been reached. we are still hearing| details of it. what's being reported is that shakira has acknowledged she was at fault in this case. she was accused of having failed to acknowledge that she was a spanish tax resident between 2012 and 2014 and owed 14 million euros in taxes. the prosecution was asking for an eight—yearjail the prosecution was asking for an eight—year jail sentence. the prosecution was asking for an eight—yearjail sentence. what the prosecution was asking for an eight—year jail sentence. what we have heard is that she has accepted a three—year sentence, but that would not mean she goes to prison. also she would accept paying a 7 million euros fine. obviously that is much less in terms of the jail sentence and fine than she would have faced if she had been found guilty, if this trial had gone ahead. , , _, guilty, if this trial had gone ahead. , , ., ,, guilty, if this trial had gone ahead. , , . ~' around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. - we are helping about 150 to 200 families week on week now. that is a huge average. at the bottom of this poverty there's a small child, and that child needs help, so that's what we do. emilie only thought her baby bank would last a couple of weeks and finish once the donations dried up, but almost five years on, many struggling families rely on it. they're not coming because they're flash, they're not coming because they've got lots of things. they're coming because they are desperate, because they need a winter coat for their child, a pair of sturdy shoes. they're coming because they're facing incredibly difficult, challenging circumstances and theyjust need that little bit of help. sarah knows how many of these families feel. she came here after her baby was born. my baby was six weeks old and i needed a sling for her. i didn't have 40, £50 for a sling. but now she volunteers for the charity, helping families who are in the same situation. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. - you're live with bbc news. more than 170,000 russians are still living in ukraine, almost two years after their country launched its full—scale invasion. the figures come from the state migration service. some are even fighting in ukraine's army. but their situation is complicated. they say they ca”t access basic services without a ukrainian passport. to get that, they'd first have to travel to russia to surrender their citizenship. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. three women in wartime ukraine. bound by their love for the country, trapped by their links to russia. galina was born here in central ukraine, but raised in russia and has a russian passport. her pregnancy is spent stitching t—shirts for the wounded. she speaks ukrainian, sees herself as ukrainian. the state considers her to be a russian. translation: when you go | to a city with your documents they look at you like you're something strange. changing a passport was difficult even before the war. now it's just impossible. galina needs a ukrainian passport to apply for work, to access free health care and prevent her bank account from being blocked. to get it, she says she needs to go to russia to surrender her citizenship, but fears she won't make it back. galina's connection with ukraine is intertwined. a bond with maxim, a ukrainian soldier. they were married in church, but the state won't recognise it because she doesn't have settled status. this is sergei and alina, another russian—ukrainian union, though theirs was cut short. alina is fighting for her country. sergei, a russian, was fighting against his. after years of trying and failing to get ukrainian citizenship, he died in combat without it. translation: i think this fight is not over. ukraine as a state must pay its debt to the one who defended it. i see this as the ultimate injustice to our defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is due process and it won't be made easierfor russians. it has been made simpler, they say, for people who've been fighting. like anastasia, a russian combat medic for ukraine. since i came here for my first day, i'm dreaming to have a passport. ukrainian passport. this is what i'm fighting for, not only forforfreedom, but for my passport. nobody was asking my passport and my nationality when i was working. for sure my colleagues, they know. whereas galina remains in a vulnerable limbo. she gets a brief moment to call her husband, who's fighting on the front. if something happened to your husband. to your husband, what would that mean for your family, given your situation? translation: i'm afraid to even think about it. i it's very scary. it's very hard. james waterhouse, bbc news, central ukraine. the former first lady of the us, rosalynn carter, has has died — she was 96. rosalynn was married tojimmy carter, who was president in the 1970s, for 77 years. her family say she died peacefully at her home in plains, georgia. jimmy said that rosalynn was his equal partner in everything he accomplished. he said that as long as rosalynn was in the world, he always knew somebody loved and supported me. rosalynn, who championed mental health and women's rights, is survived by her husband, and her three children, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great—grandchildren. nearly three—quarters of sites managed by the national trust could be facing an uncertain future because of the impact of climate change. flooding, storms and wildfires are causing more damage, more often, to buildings and land managed by the trust, which is calling for more government support. harriet bradshaw has this report. picture—postcard settings steeped in history. but despite standing the test of time, even these sites aren't immune to the impact of more extreme weather. we can't afford to procrastinate. the climate change situation is not going to allow us to. the sea is certainly not going to allow us to. mullion harbour, cornwall. here since the 1890s. these small but significant repairs on the western breakwater, a labour of love for these volunteers. i'm a third—generation fisherman, so my dad and grandfather worked here, so it's a very special place to me. i like to think i'm keeping that heritage going and being part of the cove and part of that rich history. but despite spending more than £2 million on repairs here, the national trust says there are tough decisions ahead. we feel very strongly that it's unviable to repair the southern breakwater like for like — that's a really tough call. the national trust's purpose is around looking after special places forever. but what we know is that we can't continue this battle against climate change. we have to adapt. some sites simply can't be saved forever. on the edge, dinas dinlle, wales. the roundhouse that we have excavated in full is that one there, isn't it, on this plot that we're looking at? yeah. the ruins of an iron age hill fort, disappearing bit by bit. you can just feel how exposed it is and how vulnerable it is to the elements. so a lot of it is wind and rain coming in off the sea, which is sort of like eroding that cliff face. but another aspect of it is the increased rainfall is saturating the ground surface and it's more or less pushing the site off from the cliff. but technology is being used here to preserve the past for the future — including 3d scans of this monument from the air to create a digital model. for us, our priority is to understand more about the hill fort, the landscape around it, the rates of change before that information is lost. the national trust is mainly funded by its membership model. it wants the government to pledge more money and support to landowners and heritage organisations that need to adapt to the effects of climate change. this is the role for the government, as well, to broker in between individuals and bring people together in order to deal with this existential problem — challenge, threat — that's facing society. the government says it's committed to investing billions on adaptation measures to increase the country's resilience. if you'd left it, what would happen? i mean, the ceiling would fall through. where heritage can be physically saved, and adapted to weather the change, it's not cheap. it's not often that you see what is essentially the bones of the roof of a 600—year—old house. and this is complicated work, and painstaking. this tudor mansion — coughton court in warwickshire — is getting a £3.3 million face—lift to make the roofs and gutters more resilient to heavy rainfall. the amount of rainfall that is coming into the property is now leaking onto our historic collection. why would we lose itjust to rainwater coming in? we want to preserve it. we want to allow another 600 years and then another 600 years of history so that generations in the future can still enjoy it. treasures of history with uncertain futures. but one thing is for sure right now — the effects of climate change can't be ignored. harriet bradshaw, bbc news. a national lottery winner who spent part of his jackpot on a professional standard pool table has won a bronze medal while representing england at the european blackball championships. neiljones and his partner won more than £2 million back in 2010. the 59—year—old, who gave up work to concentrate on pool, says his success was down to all the extra practice he got in during the covid lockdowns. plenty more on the situation in israel and gaza on the website, including images of tanks seen at the indonesian hospital in northern gaza. it follows days of concentration on the situation in al—shifa hospital where yesterday it was reported 31 premature babies were transferred from that hospital to the south of gaza near the rafah crossing. we heard earlier in the programme from our correspondence mark lowen injerusalem that weather conditions in the west bank and in gaza are making those living in temporary shelters, those living conditions are becoming unlivable according to united nations, posting on social media of the un agency on palestinian refugees are said to this is unlivable. people have no options and humanity needs to prevail. now time for the weather with carol. hello again. it's been quite mild over the weekend, and it's quite a mild day today. and if we look at the temperature profile chart, you can see how this mild yellow is replaced briefly overnight by blues, and then we see a return to yellows and ambers, indicating it's going to stay mild for much of the week until we get to friday and the end of the week, when the blues return, indicating the weather's going to turn colder, and some of us could well see some snow on higher ground. now, we've got a couple of weather fronts with us today. they are all sinking south. we've got rain currently pushing away from the south—eastern corner, and the weak weather front sinking south across england and wales producing a bit more cloud, the odd spot of rain, but more persistent rain coming in across scotland. now, in between all of this, there will be some brighter breaks. it's going to be windy in the north, through the north sea and irish sea, with temperatures 7—14. through this evening and overnight we start off with a fair bit of cloud. again, some spots of rain, but as a ridge of high pressure builds in, things will clear across scotland and northern ireland with some mist and fog patches forming, and quite a sharp frost across many parts of scotland, especially in sheltered glens. into tomorrow, then, we still have this ridge of high pressure and a weak front sinking south. another one coming in later in the day. so we start off on a cold and frosty note across scotland and northern ireland. mist and fog lifting and the cloud breaking through the day as we push further south with just one or two showers. but the cloud will come in across western scotland and northern ireland courtesy of a weather front and you could see the odd spot of rain coming from that. then as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, we still have the high pressure with us but it's sinking south, allowing weather fronts to come in from the north, introducing windy conditions across the northern half of the country and also some rain. across england and wales, it will still be fairly cloudy but we will see some brighter breaks develop. temperatures widely11—13, quite mild in stornoway, for example, with that high of 13. on thursday, another weather front moves in across the north of scotland. it sinks slowly south through the course of the day. it will be accompanied by gusty winds. for england, wales and northern ireland, it will remain fairly cloudy. you could see the odd spot in some western areas with highs up to about 14 degrees. live from jerusalem. this is bbc news. —— live from london. tanks surround the indonesian hospital in northern gaza as at least 12 are killed in air strikes in the area. we have a special report from the west bank, which has seen a recent escalation in israeli settler violence. it's a significant week at the uk covid inqury, with the appearance of the government's former chief scientific adviser — sir patrick vallance. argentina veers from left to far right, as the self—styled "anarcho—capitalist" javier milei wins the presidential runoff, with radical plans to reboot the economy. and microsoft announces it's hiring sam altman following his ousting from openai. hello, welcome to the programme. israeli tanks are moving in on the indonesian hospital in gaza. the hospital director has told the bbc at least ten people were killed in an air strike — and the army was just metres from the building. the hamas—run health ministry says the number killed is actually 12 — and accuses israel of putting thousands of lives at risk through,